Dancing in the Body You Have

The “Why” of Body Image

If we define body image as “not how you actually look but how you feel about the way you look,” one of my main interests is why people feel a certain way about they way they look.

Things I’ve observed:

Our feelings about how we look develop over time based on our individual experiences and also as a result of societal beliefs about women’s bodies.

Bodies are both personal and public. Our bodies belong to us but are on display and observed by others. Body traits such as age, size, gender and race are clearly visible, and cannot easily be changed.